Chart Histories

Welcome to Chart Histories, in which I'll post, on request, overviews of artists' singles and albums performances on the UK & US charts.

I've got three overview types on offer:

1.Guinness style chart overviews with peaks and weeks.A. Standard: all (re-)entries of a record are amalgamated in one entry on the list (like in my chart analyses)B. Extended: all (re-)entries of a record are printed separately, including cumulative weeks on chart.

If you submit a request, please indicate which type of overview you want for an artist. You can suffice with a code, e.g. 1B stands for the extended Guinness style overview. If you don't, I'll assume you want the default (shortest) list 1A.You can only have one type per artist in one request.

Please limit the number of artists in a request to three, I'll ignore more. Once I have them done, you can submit another request.The next post consists of an index list of artists, whose chart histories have been posted. Please have a look at this index before you send in a request.If you want to see the artist's chart history, just click on the link next to the atist name.

Themed chart overviews not particularly pertaining to specific artists, for example, the UK #1 Singles of the 70's or all albums of the Unplugged series, can be requested.

Don't worry about the length of some artists' histories: the lists, including all data and format codes, are generated by a custom made computer program.The only thing I have to do is to type in the artist name, select the list type, click on ok and subsequently copy and paste the list in the thread.

Which charts are covered ?

All charts, which reside in my chart database, which contains the complete US and UK singles and albums charts.Roughly, UK singles since 1952, UK albums since 1956, US singles since 1940 and US albums since 1945.

Notes: My source for most UK charts was Record Mirror (RM), which began using the RR/MW charts in March 1962. For a period (1969-1973), the album charts in RM and RR/MW differed slightly, as RM used the combined full price/mid price chart, while RR/MW used the ful price chart, most of the time.RR was renamed to MW on 18-3-1972.

Song Writers & ProducersOn request, I will also post chart histories of song writers and producers.

The chart run format

As the chart run overviews can be daunting for the uninitiated, here's a detailed explanation.

The chart runs for an artist are divided in four sections, if applicable, UK Albums, UK Singles, US Albums and US Singles.If the artist didn't chart in one of the four sections, it's not printed.

All collaborations with other artists, if the artist in question is credited, are included. The full credit on the record is added between brackets behind the title.

The records are printed in chronological order. In the most recent runs, all titles are preceded by a sequence number, so you can easily see how many hits the artist has had.

Top 10 entries are printed in bold and in blue, the chart peak is printed in red and indicated by asteriks (*), only for the first time when the record reached the peak.If a single or song didn't make the top 10, the peak position is also highlighted with the bold typeface.

The numbers in a run represent chart positions in consecutive weeks. Example 13-*3*-45 means first week on #13, 2nd week at its peak on #3, 3rd week dropped to #45.A "0" means NOT on the chart (see re-entries). (36/24/5 wks) at the end of a runs means 36 weeks chart entries, including 24 in the top 10, and 5 at #1. If there's only one number, there were no weeks spent in the top 10.If the run was interrupted by a drop off of no longer than 4 weeks, more numbers appear to indicate the number of consecutiveweeks.Example: (51-41c/14-11c/1 wks) 51 weeks on chart, of which 41 consecutive, 14 weeks in top 10, of which 11 consecutive, 1 week at #1.

Runs interrupted by a new (calendar) year or chart runs that are re-entries are also followed by a weeks so far number.Example: (1 wk, 52 wsf) 1 week on chart this run, 52 accumulated weeks (total weeks until this date).

The date after "Date:" is the chart debut date of the record. This date can differ from dates given in chart books.

When the first number of a run is surrounded by square brackets, e.g. [178], the printed debut date refers to the second number.The number between brackets indicates the record had one or more entries before the printed date. The number itself is the previous position before the 2nd number and it's not included in the number of weeks on chart.This feature only applies to the US album section.

In long chart runs, a date (in italics) can appear in the middle of the run. This only happens when weeks on chart is at least 15 weeks, and a new calendar year has started during the run.The date, printed in front of the chart position of that date, is the first week of the new year, when the record has charted.

For trans-atlantic records (charted in both UK and US), the chart info of the other country is shown at the end of the run.Example: US #1/24/13/1 means this record was a hit in the US, it peaked at #1, had 24 weeks on the chart (of which 13 in the top 10 and 1 at #1) in that country.

The plus symbol (+) appears behind a position for the UK album chart of October 12, 1979, which is actually one of the two album charts, which were published for October 13, 1979.

CreditsFor singles the song writers and producers are printed in small font right below the title. For albums only producers are given.The credits are limited to the official charts (top 75 or less) for the UK charts, the US Hot 100 and the top 100 (or less) of the US album charts.

Re-entriesWhen the record briefly drops out of the chart, a "0" will appear in the chart run. If the record returns within 5 weeks, the run will not be broken.If a record drops out for 5 weeks or more and then re-enters the charts, a new run, indicated by "Re" and a sequence number will be printed.Example: 45-0-0-0-0-33 dropped out the charts for 4 weeks, then re-entered at #33.If there is more than 1 re-entry, which is not indicated as such, a "Total # of re-entries" is printed.Also, the weeks on chart of all the runs (main and re's) are added up together and printed in the "Total # of weeks" line.

The line with Total # of weeks is only printed when there is at least one re-entry. The highest number of consecutive weeks and total weeks spent in the top 10, top 20 and top 40 (if applicable) is also printed.Example: 43-26c (Top 10: 12, Top 20: 16) 43 weeks on chart, of which 26 weeks was the longest consecutive run, 12 weeks in the top 10, 16 in the top 20.

Bubbling UnderChart runs of Hot 100 singles, which have charted in the Bubbling Under chart, are preceded by the chart run in that chart. The Bubbling Under run is between brackets, in small font and indicated by "BU:".The date of entry for those singles still pertains to the Hot 100.Bubbling Under only singles (not Hot 100 bound), are listed in the Bubbling Under section.

Finally...

Please keep the number of requests you submit modest, don't misuse this thread to supplement your own chart database.

Since the kernel of the chart database now contains more than a 1.1 million records and the majority of its content was entered by a team of people, it's bound that there is a considerable number of errors, although expressed in a percentage it's very small.If you see an error or errors, even the tiniest one, please let me know, so I can fix it.

I also welcome suggestions or comments for this thread.

The following artists' chart histories have been posted (click on the artist name to go to the page of the post):

Key:[Hist] Artist link is Chart runs, this link is a Chart History* Artist link is a Chart History (type 1A or 1B)date - month/year of most recent update